You're right, wilconqr, that is indeed a form of mirror sight.

It is the Vorsatz J prismatic sight, developed by Busch of Rathenow and manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Jena. It looks clumsy, but obviously, it's no use being able to 'shoot around corners' if you can't se what you're aiming at !

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